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CHAPTER 4
Working with Applications
This chapter explains how to open and switch between applications on your 
handheld, how to change application settings so they are personalized to your 
work methods, and how to categorize applications so you view them in related 
groups.
Opening applications
You can use the Applications Launcher to open any application installed on your 
handheld or an expansion card. You can also open Date Book, Address Book, To 
Do List, Note Pad, and Voice Memo with the application buttons on your 
handheld.
In addition to providing a way for you to open applications, the Applications 
Launcher displays the current time, battery level, and application category. 
Applications 
Launcher
Address Book Date Book Note PadTo  D o  L i s t
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To open an application on your handheld:
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the icon of the application that you want to open. If you have many 
applications installed on your handheld, tap the scroll bar to see all your 
applications. 
Other ways to open applications
You can also open applications on your handheld in either of the following ways:
nPress and hold Select on the navigator to open the Applications Launcher. Press 
Select on the navigator to insert the highlight. Press Up, Down, Right, and Left 
on the navigator to highlight the icon of the application you want to open. Press 
Select on the navigator to open the application. 
nIn the Applications Launcher, write the Graffiti® character for the first letter of 
its name. The Applications Launcher scrolls to the first application with a name 
that begins with that letter.
Opening expansion card applications
When an expansion card is properly seated in the expansion card slot, your 
handheld responds based on the contents of the card and the application that is 
active when you insert the card. In some cases the application on the card opens 
automatically upon insertion, or if you insert a card containing data from the 
current application, the application displays the data on the card. In other cases the 
Applications Launcher switches to the card and displays its contents, and the pick 
list in the upper-right corner of the screen displays the name of the card. 
						

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To open an application on an expansion card:
nSelect the icon of the application that you want to open.
Switching between applications
When working with any application, select the Home icon   or press an 
application button on your handheld to switch to another application. Your 
handheld automatically saves your work in the current application and displays it 
when you return to that application. 
When you use an expansion card, your handheld creates and displays a new 
category that matches the name of the expansion card. You can easily switch 
between applications installed on your handheld and on the expansion card.
To switch to an expansion card:
1.Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner.
TIPWhen the highlight in the Applications Launcher is 
not active, you can also press 
and hold Select on the navigator to open the category pick list.
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Categorizing applications
The category feature enables you to manage the number of application icons that 
appear onscreen in the Applications Launcher. You can assign an application to a 
category and then display a single category or all your applications. 
By default, your handheld includes system-defined categories, such as All and 
Unfiled, and user-defined categories, such as Games, Main, and System. 
You cannot modify the system-defined categories, but you can rename and delete 
the user-defined categories. In addition, you can create your own user-defined 
categories. You can have a maximum of 15 user-defined categories. 
When you have an expansion card properly seated in the expansion card slot, the 
last item in the category pick list becomes the name of the expansion card. You 
cannot otherwise categorize applications that reside on an expansion card.
To categorize an application: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Category on the App menu.
4.Tap the pick list next to each application to select a category.
TIPTo create a new category, tap Edit Categories from the pick list. Tap New, 
enter the category name, and then tap OK to add the category. Tap OK again to 
close the Edit Categories dialog box.
5.Ta p  D o n e . 
						

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To display applications by category: 
1.Tap the Home icon  . 
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Home icon   repeatedly to cycle through all your categories.
– Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen, and select the 
category you want to display.
– When the highlight in the Applications Launcher is not active, press and 
hold Select on the navigator to open the category list, press Up or Down on 
the navigator to highlight a category, and then press Select on the navigator 
to view that category.
Changing the Applications Launcher display
By default, the Applications Launcher displays each application as an icon. As an 
alternative, you can choose to show a list of applications. You can also choose to 
view the same category of applications each time you open the Applications 
Launcher.
To change the Applications Launcher display:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
4.Tap the View By pick list and select List.
5.Ta p  O K .
To open the Applications Launcher to the last opened category:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
4.Tap the Remember Last Category check box to select it.
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Copying applications to or from an expansion card
You can copy applications from your handheld to an expansion card, or from an 
expansion card to your handheld.
To copy an application to an expansion card:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap the Copy From pick list and select Handheld.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select the card name.
The Copy To pick list appears only if there are multiple cards available.
6.Tap an application to copy.
7.Tap Copy.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
You can install applications to a card that is seated in the expansion card slot 
during a HotSync
® operation. See “Installing add-on applications” later in this 
chapter for details. 
NOTEIf you view your applications on the card using a Card Reader on your 
Windows or Mac computer, the actual file names may differ from those displayed in 
the Applications Launcher.
To copy an application from an expansion card:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
						

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3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap the Copy From pick list and select the card name.
5.Tap the Copy To pick list and select Handheld.
6.Tap the application you want to copy.
7.Tap Copy.
8.Ta p  D o n e .
You can also beam applications from expansion cards to your handheld. 
See“Beaming data” in Chapter 3 for details.
Selecting copy settings
When using the copy feature, you can set the following:
nHow applications are sorted and listed
nWhether to copy only the application or both the application and its data files 
To select copy settings:
1.Tap the Home icon  .
2.Tap the Menu icon  .
3.Select Copy on the App menu.
4.Tap Settings.
5.Tap the Sort By pick list and select Name or Size.
6.Tap the Copy Application Only check box to select it if you want to copy only 
the application files. Leave it deselected if you want to copy both the application 
file and its associated data file(s).
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NOTEThe Sort By setting is in effect each time you use the copy feature. Each time 
you want to copy an application only, you must select the Copy Applications Only 
check box.
Using menus
Menus on your handheld are easy to use. Once you have mastered them in one 
application, you can use them the same way in all other applications.
The menus of each application are illustrated in the chapter that discusses that 
application.
To open the menu bar:
1.Open an application (such as Memo Pad).
2.Do one of the following:
– Tap the Menu icon  . 
– Tap the inverted title area at the top of the screen.
In this example, three menus are available: Record, Edit, and Options. The Record 
menu is selected and contains the commands New Memo, Delete Memo, Beam 
Memo, and Send Memo.
Choosing a menu
The menus and menu commands that are available depend on the application that 
is currently open. Also, the menus and menu commands vary depending on which 
part of the application you’re currently using. For example, in Memo Pad, the 
menus are different for the Memo list screen and the Memo record screen.
Tap the Menu icon
Tap the title area 
						

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To select a menu command with the stylus:
1.Open the menu bar for an application.
2.Tap the menu that contains the command you want to use.
3.Tap the command you want to use.
TIPAfter you open the menu bar, you can also press Right and Left on the navigator 
to select a menu, press Down on the navigator to select the command you want to 
use, and then press Select on the navigator to run the command.
Graffiti menu commands
Most menu commands have an equivalent Graffiti Command stroke, which is 
similar to the keyboard shortcuts used to execute commands on computers. The 
command letters appear to the right of the command names. 
When you draw the Command stroke anywhere in the Graffiti area, the Command 
toolbar appears just above the Graffiti writing area to indicate that you are in 
Command mode.
 
The Command toolbar displays context-sensitive menu commands for the active 
screen. For example, if text is selected, the menu icons displayed may be Undo, 
Cut, Copy, and Paste. Tap an icon to select the command, or immediately write 
the corresponding command letter for an appropriate command in the Graffiti 
writing area.
For example, to select Paste from the Edit menu, draw the Command stroke, 
followed by the letter p.
Command   
Command letters Menu commands
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Command mode is active only for a short time, so you must tap an icon or write 
the command letter immediately to select the menu command. 
Choosing application preferences
You can set options that affect an entire application in the application’s Preferences 
dialog box.
To change preferences for an application: 
1.Open an application.
2.Tap the Menu icon  . 
3.Select Options, and then select Preferences.
NOTENot all applications have a Preferences command.
4.Make changes to the settings.
5.Ta p  O K .
Performing common tasks
The tasks described in this section use the term records to refer to an individual item 
in any of the applications: a single Date Book event, Address Book entry, To Do List 
item, Note Pad note, Voice Memo voice memo, Memo Pad memo, or Expense item.
Creating records
You can use the following procedure to create a new record in Date Book, Address 
Book, To Do List, Note Pad, Memo Pad, and Expense.
To create a record:
1.Select the application in which you want to create a record.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.In Date Book only: Select start and end times for your appointment, and tap OK.
4.Enter text for the record.
5.(Optional) Tap Details to select attributes for the record. (In Note Pad the Details 
command is located on the Options menu.)
6.In Address Book, Note Pad, and Memo Pad only: Tap Done.
There’s no need to save the record because your handheld saves it automatically.